In this exercise, we are going to take this central Tiki head, the big Tiki…head that's upright right here and we're going to modify, we are going to warp it, …change its colors a little bit and then we are going to use it to replace…the original Tiki icon symbol which will update all the instances inside of this illustration.…I've gone ahead and saved out my progress as Tribe of Tikis.ai and I'm going to…click on one of the paths that makes up this central Tiki.…Now the reason, there is a reason that I'm modifying the full-size upright…version of the Tiki head and that is because if I were to modify one of the…smaller size versions that was at an angle, and then I replace the original with…it, then everyone of these would get smaller and rotate a little bit as well and…then everything would become a big mess.…

So we want to stick with the original version of that symbol when we're making…these kinds of modifications.…All right, next, what I'm going to do?…I'm going to make this central head smile and I'm going to give them some…

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8/27/2009

In Illustrator CS4 One-on-One: Mastery, the third and final part of the comprehensive One-on-One series, author and industry expert Deke McClelland teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS4. Deke explores Live Trace, which converts imported images into vectors, and Live Paint, which defines interlocking shapes. Deke also covers the liquify tools, envelope-style distortions, Kuler and Live Color, symbols, and 3D effects. And for the first time, Deke addresses two of Illustrator's least-known features, pictographs and actions. Exercise files accompany the course.